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WASHINGTON — The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) today presented its 2001 Distance Learning Awards at a ceremony held in conjunction with the 2001 e-Learning Conference & Expo, the premier conference and exposition for the distance-learning industry. 13 awards werepresented to distance learning professionals, organizations and companies for excellence in teaching, excellence in programming […]
The Right Honourable Baroness of Sandwell Betty Boothroyd, the former speaker of the House of Commons and current Chancellor of the Open University, will be joined by the Right Honourable Sir Edward Heath MP and other distinguished guests at a ceremony to unveil a sculpture of herself. Guests will see Baroness Boothroyd in triplicate. She […]
For the first quarter of 2001, Click2learn reported total net revenues of $10.7 million, an increase from $9.9 million in the first quarter of 2000. Net loss for the first quarter was $4.4 million, or ($0.24) per share, compared to a net loss of $3.3 million, or ($0.20) per share, for the same period of […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Western Governors University (WGU) today announced that it has formed four additional articulation and transfer agreements with higher education institutions from across the country bringing its total to 8. These new institutions include Antioch University (OH), ISIM University (CO), Marylhurst University (OR), and Regis University (CO). WGU’s 4 existing articulation agreements […]
SYDNEY — Monash, Sydney and Queensland Universities are embarking on a project to improve IT curriculum for school students to help prepare them for a wired workplace.
(U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. — While new technology is making a world of virtual businesses available on the Internet, some Michigan State University students have been learning more about it through a simulation of their own.
Boston, MA (April 18, 2001) — Boston-based public broadcaster WGBH announces the recent formation of the Media Access Group at WGBH to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing, blind and visually impaired communities, which represent a combined audience of 34 million Americans. Media Access Group is the only organization in the world to offer both captioning and […]
Inn and Conference CenterUniversity of Maryland University College October 29-30, 2001
The U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) is making “Hazard Communication,” a computer-based training (CBT) course package available to businesses, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and government agencies at no cost to recipients. This course acquaints employees with OSHA’s hazard communication standard (29CFR 1910.1200). It alerts employees to the potential for exposure to chemical […]
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY’S Institute for Human Origins has put together a Web site meant to teach a wide audience about the evolution of mankind and about how researchers study the topic today.